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Place of Birth: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
About Edward Haliburton
- Edward Douglas Haliburton (March 28, 1898 – March 12, 1990) was a Canadian politician.
- He represented the electoral districts of Kings County and Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1970.
- He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.Born in 1898 at St.
- John's, Newfoundland, Haliburton was educated at Dalhousie University, and University of King's College.
- He married Louella Jean Tattrie in March 1926.
- By career, Haliburton was a farmer, fruit grower, and journalist.Haliburton first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1949 election, but was defeated by 184 votes.
- He ran again in the 1953 election, and was elected in the dual-member riding of Kings County with Progressive Conservative George Arthur Boggs.
- In the 1956 election, Haliburton was re-elected in the new Kings South riding by 774 votes.
- In November 1956, Haliburton was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Agriculture and Marketing.
- In July 1959, he was given an additional role in cabinet as Minister of Lands and Forests.
- Haliburton was re-elected in the 1960, and 1963 elections.
- In July 1964, Haliburton was moved to Minister of Fisheries, while remaining as Minister of Lands and Forests.
- He was re-elected in the 1967 election.
- When George Isaac Smith was sworn in as premier in September 1967, Haliburton retained his previous cabinet roles, but was also named Minister of Education.
- In May 1968, Smith shuffled his cabinet, moving Haliburton to Provincial Secretary.
- He did not reoffer in the 1970 election.Haliburton died at Halifax on March 12, 1990.
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